drought
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Drought in key regions may have sparked instability that rippled outward, creating a chain reaction across the entire civilization.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Drought Monitor from April 14 says that 51% of U.S. states and Puerto Rico are in moderate drought or worse, up from 50.2% the previous week.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Drought Monitor website, no part of California is currently experiencing drought conditions.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Helen Wakeham, chair of the National Drought Group said "recent rain is very welcome, but it needs to be sustained over the next six months...to fill up our rivers, reservoirs and groundwater levels".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
Drought conditions that had made their well run dry.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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